' Breath, Bad Colds, Sour '
"\
r
; w uuliiiull
May Give New Life to.
Bobby‘s 1916 Pennant-
" Winning Combination—-
' The Dissatisfied Members
Depart—And That Also ls
' Expected to Help Out at
militia}!
Seldom, if ever, has a club which
won a championship fallen to pieces
within the short space of one year,
But this is what happened to the
KUNZ-HARTLEY
BOUT POSTPONED
The scheduled 15 round fight be
tween Battling Kilns, of this city, and
Pete Hartley. now of New Haven.
which was to be held before the Ar-
ena A. C., of New Haven, on beruary
28, has been postponed. The New Ha-
en people called the local boy ill? on
Dessert. champions of the Natioulis‘mmay “d “id "I" u they would
League in 1916.
They simply withered up. They‘iost;
the punch that 'carriod them to the top:
of the heap. during the on mason, and:
last summer found them dragglns'
along like a team of broken-dun
horses.
Some folks have whispered that
wholesale salary reductions as a re—'
ward for winning the flag took the pep
out of the Dodgers, and it is a certain?
ty that Ebbeis' action in trimming the
pavroil did not lend any fire to the am-
bitions of the 1917 team. Q
But that wasn't all, by a long shot.
for the Dodgers that sort of collapsed.
and the pitching staff that had done
such good work in 1916 was like 3
bird with a broken» wing last year. ,
will MMMMQ '
However, Uncle Wilbert Robinson is
still with the Dodgers. lie is still all-
ting tight in the pilot's seat, and that
means something. ‘
noblnso‘n's ability to handle his
players is abides-st to the club, and
Robinson is no slouch as a tnctician. .
it he has the material to carry out his
canipaign plans. 80 .itobby'll bear
watching when you start nwardinil
berths in the National Lemme or mak- Citv.
in: mind bets on how the lil’ ole rumv
. pus is golnd to and. Don't. class those
Dodgers too low; .
Robby and I’raxyxbbets got rid of
two dissatisfied pail . players when
not have luflcient‘ time to advertise
the fight. it was best to postpone it
for a short while. Kilns expressed
himself as willing to have the bout
set back a week, but no longer.
DON'T WANT TEAM
Basketball Fans Cool Towards Nor.
walk Five Transfer
..1\'ow that the state authorities have
refused to allow the Cmnect'icut bas-
ketball league to continue its games
in the Norwalk armory, there is talk
in the league circuit of transfer-
ring the Norwaik team to this city.
Such a proposition has not been well.
received by the. local fpllowers of the
game who hava heard of it and it is
doubtful if further games of the Con-
necticut league in'thls city this sea-
son would attract a "corporal's guard"
of fans. interest lo('aliy in the indoor
sport died when the original Danbury
team was transferred to Jersey City.
a move which is believed to have kill-
ed basketball enthusiasm here for the
ammo. followers of the game say.
The league managers are beginning to
realize the mistake that was made in
transferring the local five to Jersey
The idea of a Jersey City team
conic-sting for the basketball cham-
pionship of Connecticut hurt the in-
terest in the championship series In
the other Connecticut. cities.
Basketball locally has had a hard
they cut .loose Steiner) and Cutsli’aw.\\row to boo during the past two years.
The trade with Pittsburgh brought ,Qut the best basketball ever seen
some young blood to the team. and-
young.' blood is needed badly ln‘llrookg'
lyn. Robby will not both.» best fixed
manager in tho hit: {show by any,
means, but he won‘t be the worst off
by a long shot. ~
some Batting Power ‘ ,
Look over} the reserve list amigos)"
note that Robby is hanging on to some
batting power; .tlini he has aepitchlnl:
staff which may .do -' alrigucomebaeil,
particularly with autumn as an lurid
spiration. And though MW jinr‘lllilrkab‘e
field and its catching Mathis-median
era, the team as a whole will probably
, hit hard, and, if the pitchers should
come through. Robby should be a
strong first-division candidate. .
The Dodgers in reserve are: Pitch-
ers—Appleton. 'Chenev, Coombs, Grin°
er. Grimes, .Viarquartl. Mamnux, 'Mil-
jus, Mitchell, Dllrnlng. Plitt.
(.‘atch‘ers—S'nyder, Wheat.
and Krucizer.
Outflcldcrs-lilckman, Johnson, MY-
ers and Wheat. . '
lnfielders—Dttlibert. Fltzsimmons,
Olson, O'liara, O'Rourke and Ward. -
WEEGHMAN MAKES i
NEW OFFER FOR HORNSBY
CHICAGO. Feb. Sifts—President
Wecgllman of the Cubs and manager
Mitchell will meet President Branch
Rickey, of the Cardinals, and Manager
Jack Hendricks here Monday, and 'be-
fore they depart the Chicago baseball
chiefs hope to land Roger Hornsby. i
M illcr
“Billillllil” Bill If E
llllltll‘lll, illll0lli, .
SICK, CONSiiPllllDé
I
l
7 Best For Liver and Bowels, Sadr
,Stomach
Get a locent box. .
_ . Siclt' headache, - biliousnesr, coated;
tongue, head and nose clogged up with 5
,_ a cold—always trace this to torpid liv-l
'er; delayed fermenting food in the
I . bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in-
testines, instead of being cast out. of
the system is reabsorbed Into the
blood: When this poison reaches the
[delicate brain tissue it causes con-‘
gestion and that dull, throbb!ng,fsick-
enlng headache.
Cascarets immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile fromptbe liver and carry out all
'the constipated waste matter and pot-
aona in the bowels. ‘
A Csscaret tonlzbt will surely
straighten you out by morninz. They
‘work'wlille you sleep—at want box
from your druggltlt means your head
'1'". Momachmweet. breath .flxhl,
mission rosy and your liver and
w mgaianfor mambo—Adv.
s» .
here was furnished bv the interstate
lenguovduring the 1916-17 season. Then
came the “loadinc-up' blunder for the
deciding Bridgeport‘lianbury game and
tht- league went to the board. Profes-
slonal basketball in this ('ltv seems to
‘ have more lives than Is generally cred-
ited to a cat. The game appeared to
be'dea‘d here a dozen times but inter
est would suddenly revive and the
sport would wax strong. A manuscr-
binntier'ltllls enthusiasm. The re-
aupport zlven‘tbr Connecti-
cut leacuc here this season, despite
the fact that hunvlrctlsof fans left the
city to go to the war, shows just what
it good basketball town Donbury is.
iiut further Connetiicut games here
this season would be a failure. the.
fans agrec.-Danbury News.
GRlM REAPER BUSY
IN BOXING WORLD
Men who have made name and fault-
in boxing are going fast. llt seems ai-
13091163 if some peculiar twist of fate
had brought pliant the sudden snuf-
fing out of those who have been great
in the sport. '
Within nine months
have answered the last call: John L.
Sullivan. ilob Fitzslmmons. Terry Mc-
Govern. Les Darcey, Billy‘ Madden}.
Charles White, Bob Vernon. Dick Roch,
Al Palzer. Clarence Forbes and Sol-
dier Johnny Shaw.
BARDO TO BE N. H. MANAGER.
NE\V YORK, Feb. 25.4mm“ W'.
Wildln has resigned as general mali-
:iger of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad lines it. wanna-
nouncetldiere Saturday by the pros!-
tlertt. Edward J. Pearson. He will en-
fer prit ate business. Mr. Wildin came
from Kansas. C. l. llnrdo. assistant
to the president, will assume the du-
ties of :enerai manager.
,ws'ue seen our
HERE FOR OUER
AN' 1 their seen A
DECENT LOOKIN' DAME
nit-toe?
Tout-t !
the following"
MAKE GOOD GOLFER
, There is one point at which the .
professional golfer has it all over his "
amateur opponuent and that it is as to
f‘form." The amateur generally
spends a whole lot of time striving for
“form," while his professional oppon-
ent brother insiders it sit a waste of ‘
time. bloat members of the saluted
.brisade hit the ball in a natural man-
ner, the result of early trainini' and
long hours at constant practice. The
amateur sees the form the great pla1- '
era, studies their style. and in en el-
fort to learn this form forgets that get-
:tinz the ball into the hole is the real
Iobject of the game. The fact that the
professional has established his ability
to play the stroke is neVer taken into
consideration by the aspiring "dill";
Theories are only good when they;
come from analysing a well establish-5
ed fact, and nine times out of ten the.
golfer who is a confirmed theorist;
can generally make the round of tin!" '
links in about 110 strokes.
FIGHT FANS IN NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 25.—-Man¥
"'t'iglit fans" from other cities were
here today to witness the twentY‘
round bout to a decision tonilht by
Fred Fulton, Rochester, Minn, heavy-i
weight, and Frank Moran. of Pitts-é
burgh, to be held in the open air arenal
of the Mainland Auditorium, withl
Sammy Goldman, of New Orleans, as:
referee.
was in splendid condition and Moran
asserted his work as boxing instructor
at Camp Wadsworth, S. ('.. had helped
put‘him in excellent flgiillmz trim.
Fulton was expected to weigh in at
about 215 pounds and Martin at about
l97. Want-rs were reported at 7 to .‘l
and 9 to 5 on Fulton.
"WARNINGS AT CROSSINGS
State to Take Steps to szegua'd High.
i? ’t my Traffic
At a fonlért'llfff' in iturliortl last
week betwecn member of the public
utilities commission and Motor Vebl-
t-lo Commissioner ltohbina ll. Stocckcl
and Highway Commissioner Charles
J. Bennett it was decided, on the sus-
gestion of Commissioner Stoeckcl.
that leaflets in distributed thmush-
out the statc informinz- tile peoploof
the meaning of starts on be erected atu
railway:- crossings under the law pass-ft
ed at the last session or the general
aH'Htlmbh', .
l'rovlouslv thc conferecs discussed
tlw warning signs. They will con-
sist of a metal disc twenty-four incit-
es in diameter, the field to be white
‘with a black border line. one Inch
lwidc, with black perpendicular and'
horizontal lines two and onehaii inch
on wide adn in each of the upper quar- '
terlngs the letter “R" five inches high
and three rind thrccquarters inches
wide. These signs are to be placed in
conspicuous positions beside the bltzli-
way at a distance of not less than
300 feet nor more than 500 from illf‘
nearest .rail of the crossing.
Under the law the public utilities
commission was enlpowclctl to dt~~
termini: the crossing at which mo-
tor cars should come to a stop. The
commission has made an investiga-
tion and has decided on a- list of
crossings throughout the state. it is
on file at the oiilce of the commission.
in addition to the warning signs the
commission has (“Titled to erect other.
slam. some of which will be illus-
.trated at night. When the color dis-
played is red, it will be a \varnlntt
that a train is approacliinc. M
crossing! which are protected only a
[Kill ot the day by t- fliisman or gate;
man the sign will read “Stop." The
iiagman (or gatcmani is off duty."
SAY HANK. I Jug-r
SAw Two SHELL
Loogm' Ci-ticue
WALKlN' Down
THC ROAD Au.
ALONE l
A wee u,
Di
.ronat ALONE, noes ~01-
YOU DID! ‘
blHlCH um!
- do?
Your grass starts to grow
The weeds will depart, no
Whichsddststlishumus,
TOPaDBESS YOUR GRASS
IF YOU want to grow hay that is tall and rank.
' The kind that puts money into the bank,
If you want to drive out the pestlfsrous weeds,
i'It tell you just what your hay crop needs.
When thsdaya not warm to the early spring;
But your soil is still cold and cannot lmpart
The plant!“ required to give it a start.
, ND though youniay have a very paused.
The ”will,“ united and look downtrod,
Andrwscds will earns is because they can grow
Where your dross doesn‘t have a ghost of a show.
Assent-using fertiliser, high grade and stress.
Will start the grass eff—make it grow right along.
It then will be shut. and a Milly rich green,
Y OU'LL ask..“Wliy didn't i do this before?
I've lnerapasd my yield by a tort or more”
If you follow with,sern, as many folks do.
It. will iasrasu the yield of. your corn crop, too.
For top-dualism causes the grass roots to grow,
it acts like manure—lotus story one way,
It will ureaaaae you corn crop as wall as your bay.
0 T059368 your meadows and bring up your yields,
_ You sail double your Hilts and better your fields.
It wlll thlslosn your sod.“ drive out the woods;
It's easy to do, and it'swhat your grass needs.
thevsrylrstthinm—
more“ beaten.
as good farmers know;
—IRIGGS.
!%
“"0“.” "am?” defined todsv “95'”, ‘e- will he also audible and vl5~ ‘FROFITS FROM FERTIL'ZER
ibiu signals that a train is approach-
ing. '
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N0 NEW UNIFORMS
i
Home Guild Will Retain Khalil-Color.
,ed (zany-8.15s“ ; '
Tile canvas, kbaklcolored uniforms .
which the Home Guard companies
have been wearing since the comparr.
les were organized last sprins. will}
continue to be worn, although II was
thousht recently that new uniforms
of better material would be issued. it
nppmrs than the commanders of illt‘
different districts were consulted its
to the color for new uniforms and,
were unablo to agree. so that the mil-g
ltiirv eiilergt-nt-y board decided not to
nmke a change, nt.lea.~lt for tile [iI‘P-.
lam. .. .li' .. v :
‘ ' lrai’ and bWfljWETBAO'IIi colors CUB"
sldered by the boartt'mr titt- new imt-t
forms, but these" did [Hm meet wIth'
the approval of the district commnnv
tiers. The trousers were to bc crnl'.
mitts blue and caps. of gray and
blue. the entire uniform similar to
that worn by the Spanish-American
war veterans.
GREENE CHOSEN TO HEAD
POSTMASTERS 0F STATE.I
Bridgeport Official is Unanimous"
Choice of Meeting of Fifty
Associates_in Service.
BRIDGEPORT. Feb. 25.——Charies
F. Greene, of Bridgeport, was elected
president of the State.,l’oatmaster's
lAssoclatIon. The vote wau taken or
a meeting held here in which about
50 postmasterr. front all parts of .‘on-
necticut participated.
During dinner at a shore house the
postal service was discussed a: length
by speakers. and the sale of War
Savings stamps boosted.
An eulogy upon the life of the late
.\l. H. Walsh of hllddlctown. vit-e pres-I
ldent of the association, was delivered
by Postmaster Philip Titiup tit—aims}
Haven. ‘
. m'_’—_—d
basalt-non ALLEGED. l
Desertlon is alleged in the petition?
for divorce filed in the Superior Court
by Harry LnCroix against Winifr-nli
Dooley Lacolx of Bridgeport. Th w."
were married In August. 1907, and tie-1
sertion has continued since April tutti
according to the complaint. . l
v or, 1
m: 1 see
noun or
EH9 or we
Ll, we'u HAVE
.WALK FAST
P we HANNA
rail or it
D‘ THEY
NICHT l
“9W? - - , -
M
Efficient-y In using fertilizer on
grass, that I-z. In getting greatest re-
turns for the fertilizer applied. tit--
pentls wry lnrgcly upon the following
points:
A Good Seth—It is useless to fer-
tilize “waits. and nearly useless to fer-
tilize tilt-so Iti\\'vgl't)\\'lilg grasses (.llllle
miss, su't-r-t \‘t-rlllil. l'll'.) li‘hit'll some"
times drive out timothy tiiltl l‘t’il top.
It is more Itl'nllllllllt‘ to fertilize ll pro-
dtit-llvt- lllmvilig than one “'lllt'll litts
"rim out." ll ls usually more profit‘
thin to llri'llk up lill'l rot-seed ll woody
liieiltlmv than to luring It back by for-
tlllzillg. itliltouglt llll' lllilt'l' can be
dorm, and nt'tt-n profitably.
Good DrainageHlmsses tutti t-lovcrs
do better till \\'(‘"-lll‘lllllt‘ll than on a
wet ltltltl. Swim-wt mltl other W')i-'i'-
Ming plants take pissesslon on w‘t-t
soils. and it seldom toys to ferullu
these. However, while the fnrliler is
finding capital for necessary improve-
ments, tilt-so wot-lurid plants ('llii llt'
kept out of illi' wet meadow by feed-
ing the grass “'ltll'll ls tilrcntiy Illt'l'l‘.
and this again at it protlt.
Sweet Soil.—Tlinotlly iiltvuys does
better fill it sweet will than on a sour
soil. ‘flllll gives Krt’llit‘l' returns for the
fertilizer applied. Limo. however,
. should be applied before seeding, or on
if used .
other crops In the rotation.
as it top dl't-sslnu on gross land It is
slow acting and relatively expensive.
Early Application.—Tlio best time to
itpply top tll't-ssing is Just when the
gross turns green in the curly spring.
it is then that the soil is cold and tile
pltlntfootl ill the soil raw and unrivall-
-lllllt'. A timid sturt tit, this time may
often win the bfilill“. Three hundred
pounds applied early is better than
four hundred pounds of fertilizer up
pllctl lute. The result of application
ly yellowish-green color is replaced by
it deep, dark, thrifty green. Growth
starts. Root growth is Silnllllilit‘d.
. The plant can use more of the food in
- the soil than before. i-lorly application
lends to highest efficiency.
Even “rewind—From 200 to 400
pounds per fl(‘l'9 is the usual applica-
tion of n top-dressing fertilizer. This
small amount must be evenly spread,
Broadcasting by hulltl‘ls perfectly pos-
slble.. it is more expensive find not its
efficient as .mm‘l'l'l? distribution,
__________..__...
——Seniinel Want Ads are Winners.
865+ 6N6 rot: rtySELr
asp have a one
wirH HER FOR
9
P
-f’
p: -
ll
W /,
. badoes Demon,
ito publish any
lourFlr son fit:
('iln be seen within ~58 hours after the:
.fortillzer is washed Into the soil,
color of the gross chtmges. Tile trick:|
The l
THERE THE‘!
ARE - Aisl'r
may “BEAors' !!
‘WOLCOTT NOW COAL
BEAVER ON FREIGHT
Down in the murky foi'ecastle of a.
Transatlantic tramp freighter cruis-
in! around near West St. John, N. 8.,
is Old Joe Wolcott, the “mo“,- Bar-
who once ruled su-
preme as the welterweight champion
of the woz'ld. Arrayed in "Int“
dungarees with a strip of sooty towe
lug hung loosely about his neck, tl‘
former great fighter looks but
shell of his former self. ills area
shoulders have sloped considerably
and the ponderous muscles that rose
up all around them, have sunken and
softened.
Wolcott is_ still strong, but not
recognizable as the .demon destroyer
whose gorilla like strength swept all
before him in the old dayS. The feet
that danced lightly about with great
swiftness when encased in ring shoes,
now move slowly with their heavy
fire room boots.
The Barbados: Demon now a fire-
man on a tramp freighter little re-
sembles the wonderful fighting ma-
chine of ten years back.
“i guess i am out of the game to
stav all right," he said, as be shut
tied his shoulders, the only physical
evidence that remained of his 030(-
gigantlc strength. “it was a gooc
game, to be sure, but. it looks bett9r
than it ill. You see i am pretty com-
fortable here," he continued as he
raised the tin cup to his lips with a
great gnarled first that had landed
many a knockout blow. “l'm not one
to run down the boys In the flithtin?
game. but He found since i left it
there are friends when you are flush
and other friends when you're broke
and the first bunch are the more until
erous,"
Wolcott is an old man now. not old
in yours. for he is only 45. but old bv
course of the physical strain which in-
endured while in the ring.
GROUND GLASS IN CHEWING GUM.
STONINGTON, Feb. 25. ~— its.
James ll. Weeks. local representative
for the State Council of Defense, his
had reported to him a case of ground
glass found in chewing gum here, aii‘.
has sent samples of the gum in due»
‘ilon to the council at Hartford for :1
Hunt thorough examination. He has
made a thorough report of ltls..liivcs-
tigatlons hero and awaits further , ill-
sanctions from the state council.
.When the matter was reported to
him,- he' started an investigation .it
once under instructions from llnl'i-
ford. getting samples of this particu-
lar make of chewing gum from all
stores in the borough. On Sunday Dr.
Weeks and Dr. Thurber made. an er.-
amlnatlon of one package and founzl
; what was undoubtedly ground glass in.
oorporated in the sugar coating of the
gum. These samples were sent to
Hartford. Dr. Weeks stated this
.mornlng that he did not think it wise
names until after re-
ceiving a full report from the state
council of defense.
TUSCANIA SURVIVORS
The Bureau of Military ltellef of the
Atlantic Division of the American
Red Cross has cabled to Red Cross
representative; in London asking
them to provide each survivor of the
Tuscanla with a complete knitted out-
‘tit, consisting of a sweater, muffler,
wristlets and socks
Every man abroad the Tuscania was
outfitted by the Red Cross before' em:
barking at an American port. Virtual-
ly every man, however, lost his limp,
ted outfit when the transport was
sunk by a German submarine. »
.m. .__n ....,_.—.._.....m .
iiilltlilluilu
snails llll‘flltll
S. J. Keeler Covers 1,757
Miles in 74 Hours, 25
Minutes
i‘rrbahlt' the fastest and most suc-
cesczul (“undid trip ever made in an
enclosed car was recently run from
Norwalk to Tulsa. Okla, a distance of
1,757 miles in 74 hours and 25 min«
pics by S. J. Keeler, a Franklin owner,
in a series “9" Brougham. ' 4
The November roads of eleven dif-
ferent states were covered, and the
result was the remarkable‘ average of
23.5 miles per hour and 17.05 miles to
the gallon of gasoline.
Besides his companion, Charles '3.
Force of Enid, Okla. Mr. Keeier car-
ried luggage weighing more than four
hundred pounds. The roads through-
out the journey were varied, from
splendid macadam roads to rough and
muddy path ways. The general route
followed included these cities: Nor-
mlk. Conn; New York City; Easton.
Pa; Pittsburgh, Pa; Canton, .0.
.Joliet, "1.; Des Moines, 1a.: Hiawatha,
Kan: Topeka,‘Kans.: Chanute, Karts:
independence. Kaila: Tulsa, Okla.
‘JOHN THE BANIIR’
oHAS A GRIIVANCE
AOAINOT-DEMPOEY
Just when we thought that every-
thing was serene and peaceful down
in mad Manhattan. oomesalloud wall
from our old friend John "The Barber"
who when bets not harboring. man. ’
ages fishters andusucli, John has a
grievance and tells the world about it,
in no uncertain manner, and says he is
going to tell the court about it too.
if a certain gentleman named , "Jack
Dempsey," ., who has been creating
more or less disturbance among the
heavyweight pugilists of late does not
make amends with him. John the
barber or John Rainier, as his mother
knewhlm. claims to hold a contract.
as manner of Mr. Dempsey, and pend-
ing adjustment of the matter has ob«
tained at court order restraining Jack
from taking part in his proposed bout
with Kid Norfolk, the colored heavy-
weight, at Buffalo, next. month. Now
an interesting legal point arises a‘
boxing is no longer permitted in New
York, it is doubtful if Reisler’s con-
tract can be enforced. Nobody seems
to know who Dempsey's manager is at
present, but certain is that John
The Barber is not, though he would
like tobe, as it is more profitable .
than cutting hair for a living. .
i! > ‘
SUPPORTING WAR ORPHANS.
. lint: loin“) ._
NEW mgxuii'eb. 2o.—-Four war
orphans, two French and two Belgian,
are being supported by the children of 4:-
pu-bllc school No. 3,-whlch has Just
been enrolled as a Junior Auxiliary of
the American .itcd Cross.,,“Pennies..
ntckeis and dimes «which .. formerly
went to the purchase or continence
and other luxuries are mow being .
contributed by the children to a fund
to provide for the material wants of
the war orphans.
The children decided to adopt the
orphans after hearing artalk on the .
conditions in the invaded districts in
France and Belgium. Every month
’ since then the schoolbas sent money
abroad to enable the orphans to battle
successfully against the odds of ma-
terial existence.
t Sentinel Want Athl. are Winners.
. 'iIttll‘S um i in lriltiltiwin HA8 lilo-limits
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